3/12/2009
Ambassadors of Cute
“Ambassadors of Cute, Shizuka Fujioka (L), Yu Kimura and Misako Aoki (R), attend a news conference at Japan’s Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, March 12, 2009. In a bid to raise its international profile, Tokyo has appointed three young women as cultural envoys because they represent Japan’s long-running craze for all things cute.”
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by 3fj at 9:30 am under culture shock, general, kawaii!!, media, politics
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Finally, some politics I can get behind!
Well, they ARE cute.
Mission Accomplished!
eep! Lolita!
Finally, Japan is finally getting serious about exporting its most abundant national resource – wackiness.
Actually, I keep expecting this to link to an Onion article or maybe it’s 4/1, but it’s real. Real absurd.
This makes me think we should nuke countries more often. CuteBomb!
T-killa, that was outlandish!
Perhaps Japan’s ministry of cute could aid me in my search for a pink hello kitty robot vacuum cleaner!
Or how about a robot that is programmed to use any Sanrio-branded appliance?
That robot had better be pink with a bow on its head.